Commodity carrier



Jan. 9, 1940. N E 2,186,368

' COMMODITY CARRIER Filed Aug. 51, 1938 fiei'beriA. (buyer Readilyproduced in any desired sizeto meet the varying size of commoditycontainersrthe market affords, and from materials obtainable in the openmarket and at no great cost, the device readily commends itself forsimplicity and satisfaction in use.

Finished as desired, in baked enamel colored paint and lacquers, orplated, the device readily lends itself in a handy and attractive mannerto the purposes and use for which it was conceived.

I am aware that slight modifications may from time to time be made inthe details of structure illustrated without departing, however, fromthe scope of the present invention, and as defined in the claim which isappended hereto. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exactdescription herein disclosed, but what I do claimq A commodity carrierincluding a pair of subthe side members between the cross members beingupwardly converged, the portions of the side members above the uppercross members being slanted outwardly from the ends of said upper crossmembers and the distance between the upper end of said outwardly slantedportions being less than the distance between the lower ends of saidside members to stabilize the carrier, means pivotally connecting theupper and lower cross members of said frames with one another at pointscentrally of their ends whereby the frames may be relatively adjusted toprovide a carrier space of varying dimensions between said outwardlyslanted portions and upon said upper cross members and means for lockingsaid frames in adjusted positions; said means being located on the lowercross members whereby access thereto may be had, and operation thereofbe efiected when the carrier space is occupied, said locking meansincluding a disk fixed to one of said lower cross members and having anarcuate series of 1 apertures therein, the other of said lower crossmembers having an aperture registrable with any one of the apertures ofsaid series, a pin insertable thru the aperture of said crossmember anddisk, and a flexible tie element for securing said pin to one of saidlower cross members.

HERBERT A. GONG-ER.

